106 BIRDS OF MAIKE. 



Geuus CHELIDON Forster. 



256. (613). Clielidon erythrogastra (5orffZ. ). Barn Swallow. 

 A commou summer resident throughout the state. These birds 



nearly alwa3^s nest in colonies, placing their nests of mud within 

 barns and unoccupied houses, and attaching them to the side or 

 placing them on top of some beam. They are very common on 

 some of the islands along our coast, and in July, 1893, I found two 

 pair nesting in an unoccupied hut on Seal Island which is situated 

 far out to sea. 



Count}" Records — Androscogg-'m, '-abundaut summer resideuf (Johu- 

 son) ; Aroostook, "common at Fort Faivtiekr" (Batchelder, Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, Vol. 7, p. 110) ; Cumberland, "commou summer resident" 

 (Mead) ; Franklin, "commou summer resident" (Swain) ; Hancock, 

 "breeds on many of the inhabited islands and in the interior" (Knight) ; 

 Kennebec, "quite common summer resident" (Gardiner Branch) ; Knox, 

 "sunmier" (Rackliff) ; Oxford, "breeds commonly" (Nash) ; Penobscot, 

 "abundant summer resident" (Knight) ; Piscataquis, "common, breeds" 

 (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, "common summer resident" (Spinney) ; Somerset, 

 "common summer resident" (Morrell) ; Waldo, (Spratt) ; Washington, 

 "very abundant summer resident'' (Boardman) ; York, "common sum- 

 mer resident" (Adams). 



Genus TACHYCINETA Cabanis. 



257. (614). Tachycineta bicolor (VieilL). Tree Swallow. 

 A common summer resident both in the vicinity of houses and in 



the wilderness. Near civilization it prefers to place its nest in 

 some hole or crevic^ of a building or in an unoccupied martin 

 house, while in other localities it nests in holes in trees. I have 

 found these birds especially common along our rivers and about 

 our ponds and lakes, in such places placing their nests in deserted 

 woodpecker or other holes, in stumps near to the water. 



Countj'^ Records. — Androscoggin, "tolerably connnon summer resi- 

 dent" (Johnson); Aroostook, "abundant at Fort Fairfield" (Batchelder, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. 7, p. 110) ; Cumberland, "common summer 

 resident" (Mead) ; Franklin, "commou summer resident" (Swain) ; 

 Hancock, "common summer resident" (Knight) ; Kennebec, "common 

 summer resident" (Gardiner Branch); Knox, "summer" (Rackliff); 

 Oxford, "common, breeds" (Nash) ; Penobscot, "breeds commonly" 

 (Knight) ; Piscataquis, "common, breeds" (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, "com- 

 mon summer resident" (Spinney) ; Somerset, "common summer resident" 

 (Morrell) ; Waldo, (Spratt) ; Washington, "verj^ abundant summer 

 resident" (Boardman) ; York, "common summer resident" (Adams). 



